room

[ro̳m]

a place in a building enclosed and set apart for occupancy or for the performance of certain procedures.

birthing room a hospital room that is utilized for labor and delivery. It is decorated in a homelike, comfortable fashion and contains a specially equipped bed that can be adjusted for delivery. Specialized equipment is often concealed.

emergency room popular term for emergency department.

labor, delivery, recovery room a birthing room or suite so equipped that a patient can remain in the same room throughout the birthing experience.

labor, delivery, recovery, postpartum room a birthing room or suite so equipped that a patient can remain in the same room throughout the birthing experience and into the postpartum period.

LDR room labor, delivery, recovery room.

LDRP room labor, delivery, recovery, postpartum room.

operating room one especially equipped for the performance of surgical operations.

recovery room postanesthesia care unit.

operating room

n. Abbr. OR

A room equipped for performing surgical operations.

op·er·a·ting room

(OR) (opĕr-āt-ing rūm)

An area in a health care facility used to perform nonemergency surgical interventions.

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"Methodology for analyzing environmental quality indicators in a dynamic operating room environment." American Journal of Infection Control.

Constructing Operating Room HVAC With Performance Assurances; An Alternate Approach

Similar to the other studies, the current study indicated that operating room professionals' attitudes towards patient safety were found to be at the moderate level.13,15 Operating room professionals' strongest positive attitudes among all sub-scales of the SAQ were found to be in the area of teamwork cooperation.

Operating room professionals' attitudes towards patient safety and the influencing factors

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analyses of a virtual hospital operating room are performed to analyze the impact of supply airflow rates or air change rate per hour (ACH) on the airflow patterns, temperature distribution, and resulting flow path of airborne particulates.

Analysis of airflow distribution and contaminant flow path in the hospital operating room

Occupational exposure to anaesthetic gases may result in adverse health effects in operating room personnel.1 In previous studies, the potentially detrimental chronic effects of anaesthetic gases such as halothane and enflurane on the reproductive, neurological, haematological, immunological, hepatic and renal systems were investigated.2

Serum myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity, oxidative and antioxidative parameters in operating room personnel

For the comparison the operating room parameters required for both systems are as follows:

Energy-efficient approach for operating rooms

Also learn how to prepare the operating room environment and conditions to meet patient needs.

Students and lecturers' viewpoints regarding curriculum modification of undergraduate course of operating room

Finally, air diffusion systems allow for effective ventilation air mixing to prevent air stratification in the operating room and permit the discharge air temperature to be maximized for minimum reheat.

Greening the OR: from specifying high-efficiency HVAC units to designing more daylighting into spaces, there are a number of ways to achieve a hospital's sustainability goals, even in the operating room

Operating rooms produce approximately 20-33% of all waste in hospitals.

Green operating room waste management

A consultant in another operating room could view a colleague's monitor or patient when assistance is required, without leaving his or her own operating room.

Telemonitoring made easy and inexpensive